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SP 2015 RwS Completed Tasks - Spring 2015
From Post 943Christine wrote: "10.3 (Sam) Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub
+10 task
+5 combo (10.9 both authors qualify)
+5 jumbo (MPE is 688)
Task total = 20
Grand total = 585"
+5 Combo 20.6
From Post 947Rebekah wrote: "20.1 Zola
Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola
+20 pts - Task
+25 pts - Combo (10.4-Scrabble, 20.3 - Paris, 20.4 Guardian, 20.6 -crime, 20.7 - Penguin, 10.3 - borrow from mods ..."
Just a head's up, there are 6 combos listed here for 30 points, not 25.
From Post 939Kath wrote: "10.1 Rants and Raves
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (Elizabeth(Alaska))
+10 task
+15combo (10.6, 10.8, 20.4)
+10 prizeworthy
Task total 35
Grand total 310
podcast http..."
+5 jumbo 582 pages in MPE
message 951: +10 Prize-worthy: Locus and Hugo700 + 10 = 710
Task 20.8 –
Read a book classified as a travelogue at BPL (Call number 910-919).
Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks (2011) by Ken Jennings
+20 Task
+05 Combo (#10.4 “Maphead”)
+10 Not-a-Novel: Non-fiction
Task Total: 20 + 05 + 10 = 35
Grand Total: 710 + 35 = 745
15.10 - EU a+c United Kingdom Restoration by Rose Tremain
+15 task
+5 pub 1989
Task total: 20
Bonus: 150
Mega Finish: 200
Grand total: 1290
ps. kate - i think my score is 5 points off what you have :/ it might be because i added 5 for a missed combo (post 779 from cory) that i probably forgot to mention elsewhere.
Congratulations on your Mega finish, Eleanor. Well done!
10.5 Nebula Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
+10 task
+10 combo (10.9, 20.2)
Task total 20
Gramd total 380
10.6 Women's Ed The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro. PhD in chemical physics. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cather...
+10 task
+15 combo (10.4 quantum, 10.5, 20.2 Skolian)
+5 prizeworthy Nebula
Task total 30
Grand total 410
15.4 - OceaniaCriteria A and B
The Sound of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanagan
+15 task
Task total: 15
RwS total: 500
Reading Globally total: 70
Grand Total: 570
Reading globally:15.10 - Central America
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (A, B, C in Mexico)
+15 task
+5 oldies (first published 1989)
+150 Reading Globally finish!
Task total: 170
Grand total: 395
Woohoo, this was my first ever finish of any challenge or sub-challenge :)
Valerie wrote: "20.3 ParisThe Paris Wife by Paula McLain
+20 task
____
20
Running total 525"
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2013/...)
Kate S wrote: "From Post 942Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.9 Tried and True
The Invention of Wingsby Sue Monk Kidd
3.94, 949,316 ratings
Task + 10
Style +5 Combo Rants and Ra..."
10.3 would work. I guess I didn't look to see if it was reviewed.
10.4 ScrabbleWithout Reservations by J.L. Langley
+10 Task (without)
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/po...)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 1175
20.1 Zola (pub. 1840-1902)Loom and Spindle, or Life Among the Early Mill Girls by Harriet Hanson Robinson
+20 Task (pub. 1898)
+10 Not-a-Novel (non-fiction)
+5 Combo (10.4 – spindle)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 1210
10.8 PodcastsOff Campus by Amy Jo Cousins
+10 Task (http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/po...)
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 1220
15.9 – Central America – MexicoThe Mongolian Conspiracy by Rafael Bernal
+15 Task (A, B, C)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1969)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1240
Cory Day wrote: "10.8 PodcastsOff Campus by Elle Kennedy
+10 Task (http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/po...)
..."
The book you link is by Amy Jo Cousins. Elle Kennedy has a series, Off Campus - did you read a title in that series?
10.5 NebulaDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
+10 Task (finalist in 1969)
+20 Combo
-10.3 (on LizM's read shelf)
-10.7 (shelved 5 times as "weird")
-10.9 (3.95 avg rating, 520,640 ratings)
-20.4 (listed under Science Fiction and Fantasy)
Task Total = 30
Grand Total = 330
Katy wrote: "10.3 Borrowing from the ModsWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
+10 task (Kate)
+15 combo (10.1, 10.5, 10.8)
+10 prize winners (PEN/Faulkner..."
Did you like this? I've been meaning to pick it up
Kate S wrote: "From Post 947Rebekah wrote: "20.1 Zola
Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola
+20 pts - Task
+25 pts - Combo (10.4-Scrabble, 20.3 - Paris, 20.4 Guardian, 20.6 -crime, 20.7 - Pe..."
Thanks, Kate. Fixed it
20.9 NamelessThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
+20 -Task
+25 -Combo (10.3 - Krista, 10.5 - 2014, 10.7 - 19 times,10.8 - http://bookriot.com/search/the+ocean+..., 10.9 - Average rating: 4.13 · 2,949,213 ratings )
+5 - Prizeworthy - Locus awards
TAsk Total - 50 pts
Grand Total - 220 pts
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Cory Day wrote: "10.8 PodcastsOff Campus by Elle Kennedy
+10 Task (http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/po......"
Nope, the Amy Jo Cousins was correct - I just clicked the wrong author. I edited the post.
20.2 SeriesLinger by Maggie Stiefvater Lexile 800
+20 task
+5 combo (10.9)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 585
Rebekah wrote: "Katy wrote: "10.3 Borrowing from the ModsWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
I did, actually! It was strange...but I enjoyed it a lot.
From Post 949Don (The Book Guy) wrote: "10.5 Nebula
Shadrach in the Furnace by Robert Silverberg, Nebula Award Nominee 1976, Average rating: 3.85 · 113,949 ratings
+10 Task
+10 Combo, 10.4-Furnace, 10.9
Ta..."
Sorry, this does not work for 10.9, the average rating needs to be over 3.90.
Eleanor wrote: "ps. kate - i think my score is 5 points off what you have :/ it might be because i added 5 for a missed combo (post 779 from cory) that i probably forgot to mention elsewhere."Found and corrected.
Kath wrote: "10.5 Nebula Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
+10 task
+10 combo (10.9, 20.2)
Task total 20
Gramd total 380"
+5 Combo 20.4
10.1 - Rants and Raves:Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
+10 Task: Debra, Fall 2014, 45
+ 5 Combo: 10.4 – Scrabble! (molokai)
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 1445
10.4 - ScrabbleHistory of the Rain by Niall Williams
+10 task (History)
+5 combo (10.8 - Podcast:The Readers Ep 105)
Task total: 15
RwS total: 515
Reading Globally total: 70
Grand Total: 585
10.9 Tried and TrueCat O' Nine Tales: And Other Storiesby Jeffrey Archer
3.93 rating average, 328, 632 ratings
Task +10
Style +10 Not A Novel (short stories)
Book Total: 20
Grand Total: 345
20.10 - CanonicalThe Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead
+20 task
+10 combo (10.2-Women's Lit; 20.4-Guardian )
+10 canon
+5 jumbo (527 pages)
Task total: 45
RwS total: 560
Reading Globally total: 70
Grand Total: 630
15.1 - Asia – WesternThe Taliban Cricket Club by Timeri N. Murari
Timeri N. Murari was born in India and is indian
(I believe India is considered in our case as Western Asia, if not I’ll change it to Eastern)
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Points total = 270
10.7 WeirdThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
+10 Task
+10 Combo (10.8 Podcast: http://booksonthenightstand.com/2008/...
10.9 5/22/15 - Avg Rating 4.07, with 275,330 ratings)
+ 5 Prize - ALA Alex Award (2003)
Task Total = 25
Grand Total = 980
That leaves me one task to finish for the Mega Finish. By golly I think I'm going to complete the challenge this season. I'm two-thirds of the way through The Moonstone. I should finish it this weekend. I'm so surprised to have gotten this far. Wa-hoo!
20.9 NamelessWritten on the Body by Jeanette Winterson
+20 Task
+10 Combo
-10.4 (WRITTEN)
-20.10 (on the list, part D, for The Passion)
+10 Prize-Worthy (Ferro-Grumley Award and Lambda Literary Award in 1994)
Task Total = 40
Grand Total = 370
Task 10.7 Women's EdThe King by J.R. Ward
J.R. Ward has a J.D.
+10 task
+5 jumbo (593 pages)
Task Total = 15
Grand Total = 345
10.1 Rants and RavesAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
+10 task-reviewed by Krista 12/19/14
+5 combo 10.9
+5 jumbo
+10 prize worthy (Pulitzer and ALA Alex)
Task total 30
Grand Total: 480
Cory Day wrote: "Valerie wrote: "20.3 ParisThe Paris Wife by Paula McLain
+20 task
____
20
Running total 525"
+5 Combo (10.8 - http://booksonthenightstand.com/2013/......"
Thanks, Cory!
20.9 NamelessFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
+20 task
+5 prize worthy
+20 combo (20.4, weird, crime, 10.8 (see Cory's post 938)
_____
45
Running total 575
10.9 – Tried and True Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good by Jan Karon
+10 Task: Average rating: 4.17 · 151,951 ratings
+ 5 Combo: 10.1 Rants and Raves (Don, Fall 2014, 369)
+ 5 Jumbo (511)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1465
We were reading this at the same time! Was it as weird to you as it was to me?Valerie wrote: "20.9 Nameless
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
+20 task
+5 prize worthy
+20 combo (20.4, weird, crime, 10.8 (see Cory's post 938)
_____
45
Running total 575"
20.4 GuardianFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
+20 pts - Task
+25 pts - Combo (10.7 -weird, 10.3 - Sam, 10.8 - BOTN, 20.6 -crime,20.9 - nameless)
+ 5 pts - Prize worthy (Oregon Book award 1997)
Task Total - 50 pts
Grand Total - 270 pts
20.8 Spring Break!Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
+20 Task (Bill Bryson is on the list of greatest travel book authors)
+5 Combo (10.9, 4.00 average rating, 708,511 ratings)
+10 Not-a-Novel
Task Total = 35
Grand Total = 405
20.10 - CanonicalEvelina by Fanny Burney
+20 task
+25 combo (10.1 - reviewed by Rebekah, 10.2 -Women's Lit, 10.4- Scrabble, 20.4 - Guardian, 20.7 - Penguin)
+10 canon
Task total: 55
Grand Total: 690
15.9 – Central America – MexicoThe Mongolian Conspiracy by Rafael Bernal
+15 Task (A, B, C)
+5 Oldies (pub. 1969)
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1240
20.10 CanonicalSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
+20 Task
+20 Combo (10.3 – Sam, 10.9, 20.4, 20.7)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 1280
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Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "10.9 Tried and True
The Invention of Wingsby Sue Monk Kidd
3.94, 949,316 ratings
Task + 10
Style +5 Combo Rants and Raves by Krista Jan. 22, 2015
Book Total: 15
Gran..."
For the combo points, Krista did read this, but did not review it, did you mean 10.3-Borrowing from the mods?
+5 Prizeworthy Florida Book Award